Chen Mo transmigrates into a modern high-martial-arts world and inherits a dilapidated martial arts school on the verge of bankruptcy.
The account balance is less than 5,000, and next month's rent is 12,000. His cultivation level: early Bright Force. In a world where martial artists can split mountains and sever rivers, and grandmasters can stir the heavens, early Bright Force is about on par with "just learning to walk."
The good news is that he gets bound to the [Master-Apprentice Rebate System]. The bad news is that the System only rebates theory, not combat power.
When a disciple breaks through a realm, he gains a complete understanding of it: enough to teach, but useless for his own cultivation. When a disciple masters a martial technique, he gains a theoretically perfect version: enough to offer guidance, but he can't perform it himself. When a disciple's loyalty maxes out, the System gives him a critical rebate of rare pills, fragments of ancient martial arts texts, and information about opportunities: all great things, but none of them let him personally step in and fight.
And so Chen Mo becomes the most frustrated master in the high-martial-arts world. His insight is at the divine level, his theoretical knowledge is at the grandmaster level, and his teaching ability is heaven-defying. But when it comes to a real fight, he can't even beat his own disciples.
Yet everyone is convinced he's a hidden expert.
He takes in a genius swordsman being hunted as a disciple. The disciple imagines, "He saw right through the problem with my meridians at a glance and casually produced a long-lost pill. How could he be an ordinary person?"
He takes in a blacksmith's son born with divine strength. The neighboring martial arts school imagines, "His disciple reached Bright Force in a week. How could he be an ordinary schoolmaster?"
He takes in a wealthy young lady with the Nine Yin Meridians. Her father, the richest man in Jiangcheng, imagines, "He enabled someone with crippled meridians to cultivate martial arts again. How could he be an ordinary person?"
Even the leader of the Zhenwu Bureau's action team has started writing a report:
